id: 06090687 dt: j an: 06090687 au: Tang, Suyan; Zhu, Yifan; Zhang, Wei; Li, Qun ti: The particle swarm optimization algorithm based on creative thinking. so: Control Decis. 26, No. 8, 1181-1186 (2011). py: 2011 pu: Editorial Office of Control and Decision, Northeastern University, Shenyang la: ZH cc: ut: swarm intelligence; particle swarm optimization; creative thinking; four stages model ci: li: ab: Summary: Particle swarm optimization (PSO) suffers from the premature convergence problem in complex optimization problems. In order to solve this problem, this paper analyzes PSO algorithm from cognitive psychology and proposes a creative thinking (CT) based PSO algorithm (CTPSO). Based on the four stages model in CT process, a framework of CTPSO is designed, and the evolution model is adapted, which includes a CT model besides the memory model, cognitive model and social model in standard PSO to improve the optimization capability of particles. CTPSO is applied to some well-known benchmarks, and experimental results show that CTPSO possesses more powerful global search capabilities, better convergence rate and robustness, meanwhile it does not introduce new parameters and computational complexity. rv: